Edging attachment for power lawn mowers



July 18, 1950 A R Y EDGING ATTACHMENT FOR POWER LAWN MOWERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 9, 1948 33 32 34 INVENTOR.

4/?77/1/1? PARRY ATTORNEY) July 18, 1950 A. PARRY 2,515,732

EDGING ATTACHMENT FOR POWER LAWN MOWERS Filed July 9, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 12 I 46' .38 A r] 4 7 1! 22 17 41 m. T I 34 20 I I 42 INVENTOR. 4 7-1/0? P/mm' 4 TTORNEVS Patented July 18, 1950 ATENT OFFICE-'1' EDGING ATTACHMENT FOR POWER LAWN MOW ERS

Arthur Parry, Retsil, Wash.

Application July 9, 1948, Serial No. 37,893

= a j 1 Claim.

Thisinvention relates to power lawn mowers, and more particularly to an attachment for use with power mowers for cutting grass close to walls or other obstructions.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved lawn edging attachment for power mowers which is simple in construction, easy to install and which is effective to cut grass close to walls, fences, or other obstructions otherwise not approachable by the main cutter blades of the mower. H a

x A further object of the invention is to provide an approved power lawn mower edging attachment which is eflicient in operation, inexpensive to manufacture, sturdy in construction, and which is driven from the power shaft of the mower.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a power lawn mower provided with an edging attachment constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the lawn mower of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the lawn mower of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view taken on line 55 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view taken on line 66 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, designates generally a power lawn mower having the usual frame l2 supported on ground-engaging wheels |3, I3 and provided with the inclined U-shaped push bar structure |4 secured to the rear end of frame l2 and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom. Designated at I5 is the cutting rotor which is driven in a conventional manner by a gasoline engine I6 mounted on frame I I through a transverse countershaft rotatably mounted at the forward end of frame I2. The engine shaft is shown at I8.

Rotatably supported in an upwardly extending bearing bracket |9 secured to frame I2 is a short transverse shaft 20 axially aligned with motor shaft 8 and provided at its inner end with a toothed clutch disc 2|. Splined on shaft H3 is an opposing toothed clutch disc 22. Engaged in an annular groove in clutch disc 22 is one end of a bent lever 23 pivoted to a projection 24 carried by bracket l9. Connected to the other end of lever 23 is a control rod 25 slidably supported in guide brackets 26 and 21 secured to one arm of the push bar l4 and provided at its end with a handle 28. When handle 28 is pushed forward clutch disc 22 is disengaged from clutch disc 2|. When handle 28 is moved rearwardly clutch disc 22 is interlocked with clutch disc 2| to couple shaft 20 to the motor shaft I8.

Designated at 29, 29 are forwardly extending angled bracket members secured to the respective forward ends of frame |2 at each side of said frame. Secured to the underside of the bottom flange of each bracket member 29 is a bearing bracket 30 and journalled in the bearing brackets 30 is a transverse shaft 3|. The shafts 20 and 3| carry respective sprocket wheels 32 and 33 which are coupled by a sprocket chain 34. Chain 34 is kept taut by a roller 35 carried on an arm 36, said arm being secured to a transverse bar member 3! fastened to the motor housing by a bracket 38.

Shaft 3| projects laterally of the mower at one side thereof and has secured thereto a collar 39. Mounted on the shaft outwardly adjacent said collar is the cutting rotor 40. Also mounted on the shaft is a guard disc 4|, the cutting rotor being provided with a thickened hub portion 42 against which the guard disc 4| is clamped by a nut 43 threaded on the end of shaft 3|. The nut 43 tightly clamps the disc 4| and hub 42 against the collar 39, making these parts substantially rigid with shaft 3|. Guard disc 4| is reinforced by a plurality of arcuate tabs 44 welded to its inside surface adjacent its periphery.

Rotor 40 comprises the hub 42 and a plurality of radial cutting blades 45 secured to said hub, each blade being right angular in cross section. One leg of each blade constitutes a cutting portion 46 extending in a plane transverse to shaft 3| and the other leg a deflector portion 41 extending in a plane substantially at right angles to the cutting portion 46.

When the clutch discs 2| and 22 are interengaged, chain 34 drives shaft 3|, causing the rotor 49 and guard disc 4| to rotate. Grass is cut by the rotating vertical cutter portions 46 of the rotor and the grass cuttings are ejected outwardly of the cutting rotor 40 by the vane portions 4'! of said rotor.

A supporting caster 48 is provided rearwardly adjacent the rotary cutter, said cutter being mounted in a bracket 49 secured to and depending from the adjacent angle bar 29. The caster preferably is of the spring cushioned type and closed in the foregoing description it will be understood that various modifications-within the; spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled;

in the art. Therefore it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appendedfclaimr What is claimed is: A vertically disposed edging cutter for lawn mowers and the like, comprising a horizontal rotatable support, an axially'thin' flat hublsecured to the rotatable support, saidrhub havingrinnerl and: outer. vertically arranged: sides, said. rotatable.-- support extending; axially outwardly of the outer vertical. side: of: the hub; a plurality of. l

elongated: radially extending cutters secured to. the: periphery-0t the hub andbeingspaced equidistantlycircumferentially,. said cutters being L-shaped in transverse cross-section; and includ'- ing' inner.- flat. cutting blades arranged adjacent to the inner: vertical: sideof. the hub and lying, substantially in. the planev of such inner vertical side saidr cuttersincluding. elongated fiat radially extending narrow deflector vanes integrally scured to the cutting blades adjacent to one longitudinal edge of the cutting blades and extending for substantially the entire length of the cutting blades between the periphery of the hub and the outer ends of the cutting blades, said deflector vanes being arranged substantially perpendicular to the cutting blades and to the inner and'outer verticalisides o'fithe hub a-n'd extending axially outwardly of the outer sides of the cutting blades and having their outer longitudinal edges arranged substantially adjacent to the outer vertical sideof the hub, and a fiat circular guard disc secured to said rotatable support adjacent to and in contacting relation with the outer vertical side of the hub, said guard disc substantially completely covering the outer sides of the radial cutters and being disposed close tattle-Outer longitudinal edges of said deflector veins, whereby the entire edging cutter is axially thin-and flat.-

ARTHURPARRY.

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